Deutsche Bank Appointed as Depositary Bank for the Sponsored Level III American Depositary Receipt Program of GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd.

NEW YORK--()--Deutsche Bank announced today its appointment as depositary bank for NYSE-listed Level III American Depositary Receipt Program of GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd.

GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. (NYSE: GHG) is a leading pure-play franchised hotel operator in China operating economy- to mid-scale franchised-and-managed hotels. As of December 31, 2017, GreenTree Hospitality’s hotel network comprised 2,289 hotels with 190,807 rooms in China, covering all four centrally-administrated municipalities and 263 cities throughout all 27 provinces and autonomous regions in China.*

We are pleased to be appointed as depositary bank for GreenTree Hospitality’s NYSE-listed Level III ADR program,” said Brian Studdert, Global Head of Depositary Receipts at Deutsche Bank. “Our broad range of customized services will be used to assist GreenTree Hospitality in optimizing the visibility of its ADR program.”

In addition to specializing in administering cross-border equity structures such as American and Global Depositary Receipts, Deutsche Bank provides corporates, financial institutions, hedge funds and supranational agencies around the world with trustee, agency, escrow and related services. The Bank offers a very broad range of services for diverse products, from complex securitizations and project finance to syndicated loans, debt exchanges and restructurings.

* Source: GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. (March 2018)

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Contacts

Deutsche Bank AG
Press & Media Relations
Lawton King, +1 212-250-0622
lawton.king@db.com